File photoA man waits for a PATH train in the Exchange Place station in Jersey City.

Train service was suspended Wednesday afternoon between 33rd Street and the Journal Square and Hoboken stations because of signal and power cable damage, caused by a small manhole fire east of the Christopher Street station. There were no injuries.

"PATH service between 33rd Street and the Journal Square and Hoboken stations will resume a normal operating schedule at 6:30 AM on 5-1-08 PATH stations at 33rd Street, 23rd Street, 14th Street, 9th Street and Christopher Street stations will be opened," the 5:11 a.m. announcement said. " PATH will operate regular service on its Newark to World Trade Center and Hoboken to World Trade Center lines."

An additional announcement posted at 6:06 a.m.said: "The earlier power problem at Christopher Street has been corrected. All train service between Journal Square and 33rd Street and Hoboken and 33rd Street is resuming normal service."